Haunting Billboards Ask: Who Murdered Me?


Photo: Camilo José Vergara

Some billboards in many tough urban areas don't sell products. Instead, passer-bys get to see pictures of smiling men next to a question: "Who Murdered Me?"

Camilo José Vergara wrote this for the Los Angeles Times:

Usually, the dead ask questions only in our dreams. In these cases, though, the dead are homicide victims whose killers have not been found. The signs are there because so few witnesses come forth and police departments hope the offer of a reward will break through “witness reluctance.”

The signs seem to say: “I am dead, but my smiling face will hover over this ghetto neighborhood until my assassin is placed behind bars.”

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A kid who rode our bus was beat to death in his neighborhood about 8 years ago. I remember seeing a sign like this by the shopping center.
Yeah, it's really disturbing
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I would suggest that this is more effective than the death penalty. But then again, I try not to be political. On the humorous side, it beats billboards for Swing Vote!
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That's something I'd always wanted to do to help find whoever murdered my mom 20 years ago, but I couldn't get donations and couldn't afford it otherwise. I wouldn't do it now because of familial concerns but I've heard them to be very effect.
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